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Verbatim

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Verbatim

n. Word for ​​Word

​​Verbatim is a template for Microsoft Word designed to facilitate paperless debating. It's in use by the vast majority of college debate programs, as well as almost every summer high school debate institute. ​Verbatim 4+ is completely compatible with the Open Paperless Project – which means you can seamlessly use evidence from Verbatim with other OPP compatible templates.

​Download Verbatim

IMPORTANT NOTE: If you are using some versions of Norton/Symantec Anti-virus, you may get a false positive virus alert when downloading or trying to use Verbatim. There is nothing harmful in Verbatim - it just trips an auto-detection rule when an installer contains a file with macros. I have contacted Symantec, and this should be resolved in the next update of their virus definitions, but in the interim, you're best off either disabling Norton (which is unnecessary and terrible anyway), or configuring your Norton settings to "whitelist" Verbatim. You may need to reinstall Verbatim after doing so.

IMPORTANT NOTE #2: If after installing the Mac version, the Setup Wizard opens every time you open Word, even after going through all the steps, you just need to delete your Verbatim.plist file, which is usually located at ~/Library/Preferences/Verbatim.plist

IMPORTANT NOTE #3: Verbatim does not yet work with Mac Office 2016. It just came out, so I haven't had time to update it yet. Yes, I will update it. Keep checking back here for updates.

Note: Verbatim requires a "full" version of Microsoft Office (Office 365 or regular), which includes support for VBA Macros. It will not work with the Office Starter Pack, Office Home and Student, Office RT (e.g. for the Surface tablet), Office for iPad, or Office for Android.

​Verbatim 5 - New Features

Verbatim 5 is an enormous upgrade with dozens of new features and many bug fixes. It's been rewritten from scratch and optimized for Word 2013 (PC) or Word 2011 (Mac).

Some of the highlights include:

*Automatic update checks to ensure you always have the latest version

*A setup wizard, troubleshooter for common problems, and a built-in interactive tutorial